The trade report came just as Maierhofer is busy keeping himself physically fit for the season-ending PBA Governors Cup set August 14.

Along with Ginebra teammates Kerby Raymundo, Japeth Aguilar, and Jayjay Helterbrand, the former De La Salle stalwart has been religiously undergoing plyometric sessions under famed trainer John Aquino at the Treston School at The Fort.

Since joining Ginebra, Maierhofer admittedly struggled to get playing time in a roster filled with big men like Raymundo, veterans Rudy Hatfield and Willy Wilson, and now the 6-foot-9 Aguilar.

During the Commissioner’s Cup alone, the lanky center just logged in an average of 6.36 minutes, contributing 2 points and 2.14 rebounds – numbers that are way behind his season average of 22.43 minutes when he was still with B-Meg in 2010.